Russian ladies' family-oriented mindsets

28.02.2017

Why so many men from around the world wish to pick Russian girls so much? First of all, it’s their beauty that could make supermodels jealous. It’s hard to find a Russian woman that doesn’t care about her appearance. They do their best to look great, even when going to the supermarket around the corner. Some Russian ladies have strong character and great personalities, but there are also plenty of attractive girls with great personalities in Europe and the US. So what makes us choose a Russian girl instead? Well, it’s all about their family values.

Family plays the main role in Russian women’s lives

For every Russian woman, a family is important. To have a respectable social status in Russia, a lady should be committed and with children. A single woman who has never been in a serious relationship is often frowned upon. Even a successful career can’t replace this need of a family. So, the family and children are the primary conditions of a Russian woman’s success.

That’s why Russian ladies prefer finding a husband to making a career, which seems to some foreigners “lazy” and “parasitic”. But the thing is that Russian girls know how to work hard. Mothers prepare Russian women for family life and teach them that they must find a man to provide for them while they are busy with raising kids and can’t support the family. It’s the reason why Russian ladies choose males that achieved something in life, especially if a girl must move to another country where her employment perspectives are not clear.

Why do Russian women prefer family over a career?

The other reason that makes girls in Russia put their values on family instead of a career is that the career market in their country is still pretty discriminative towards females. Men can always count on better perspectives than women of the same talent and education. Besides, according to the Russian society’s general values, a woman must neglect or even sacrifice her career after getting committed.

Usually, women in Russia get pregnant shortly after tying the knot, and, according to the law, the company where she works must pay her a maternity leave and a sick leave when she stays at home with a sick kid. Sick leave in Russia usually lasts until the person is completely healthy, which is around two weeks. All this time a woman sits at home with her kids, and the company still has to pay her full salary. That’s why the lawful maternity benefits make Russian ladies undesirable employees. So it’s not surprising that employers give promotions mostly to men who are considered family providers, and family life will not affect their work.

That’s why Russian girls often try to find their self-realization in a family in contrast to men, who seek it in a career. Sometimes a woman even helps her husband with his career instead of making her own (for instance, if there is no money for both them to study, she wouldn’t mind the man to get a better education to build his career). It’s not parasitism, just a distribution of the family responsibilities. Russian ladies are taught that it’s their responsibility to make sure that the home stays clean, and men's responsibility is to make their family financially safe.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Russian ladies have a traditional attitude towards family; this means that the man always has to be the leader. If asked, who should be the leader in the family, any Russian woman will say that she sees a man in this role. You won’t find a Russian girl who doesn’t accept a man as a leader.

But here’s a deal: Russian ladies don’t like being ordered around; they expect a strong partnership and want to be appreciated and respected. Any partnership for them is considered a union of equals. Remember it if you’re going to date a Russian woman.